all four men in the black eagles house are nobility! they all come from good families, have been raised and trained well and if you'd even date one of them, you'd be practically set for life!
and yet, you don't just have one boyfriend but four of them! and depending on your own status and background, your relationship looks a little different!
if you are a fellow noble, nobody would even bat an eye. sure, some might be annoyed that so many nobles are off the market at once, but that's just how things are sometimes!
but if you are a commoner, expect your boyfriends to have to defend you, because people don't take kindly to commoners marrying or dating into the nobility! a lot of people will look down upon you and your boyfriends will be busy defending and protecting you!
out of the four, ferdinand is the most affectionate and openly flirtatious one! he loves to spoil you, expecting a noble man to treat their partner right! it's simply normal for him to offer you all he can give!
linhardt and caspar are pretty affectionate too, but linhardt more so in a clingy and passive way! linhardt doesn't know personal space and especially when he's tired, he just clings to you and will probably even fall asleep on you–
caspar is a bit of an awkward guy, but well meaning! he doesn't quite know how to be a good boyfriend, but he just lets his heart guide him and does what he believes to be right! he's not very romantic, but very sweet in his own way! though most of his date ideas are just training together…
and then there's hubert! he likes to keep his distance from the others a bit. while linhardt and caspar hang out with you as a trio, hubert prefers alone time with you (even if ferdinand keeps inviting himself along to your dates with hubert)
for your request thing, j f q with linhardt from fe3h? :O
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✩ f - feverish, what are they like to take care of when they are sick? what are they like when taking care of you?
Linhardt sleeps twice as much when he's sick, which is a good thing because whenever he's awake all he does is whine. "I think I may be dying." No Linhardt you're not, you just have a cold. You can't believe how much you tell him to go back to sleep so you don''t have to listen to him complain about how sick he is.
When you're sick, you're the dramatic one. He's huffing and rolling his eyes saying it's just a cold and you're being dramatic. (You probably got sick from him too). But he at least is nice enough to go get you things to make you more comfortable, and he may or may not be using your sickness as an excuse to lay around in bed next to you.
✩j - jump, are they easy to startle? do they try and startle you? is there anything that makes them jump in surprise?
You could try and scare him while he's lying down with his eyes closed and he still wouldn't jump. He might let out a very flat, "wow so scary." But he's clearly not. There isn't really much that makes him jump, unless you decide to do something blatantly stupid. Then he's jumping after you to stop the stupid thing from happening.
He only on occassion sneaks up on you, but he doesn't expect you to end up so startled at his deadpanned boo. He apologises and promises not to do it again, but it does happen again, sorry.
✩ q - questions, are they the type to stay up and answer your dumb questions? (ex: would you still love me if I was a worm?) do they ask dumb questions to you?
He's not the type to stay up but if you happen to ask while he's already awake he will answer. But be prepared he might ask you a question of his own after answering yours.
"If I randomly turned into a pile of dirt would you scrape me up off the ground?" He really expects you to answer, and he has also thought about all of the specifics before you even ask.
"How much dirt are we talking?"
"A respectable pile, maybe a barrel full." No, you can't separate the granules of dirt, you'd be splitting him apart. Yes, he's already considered some of your answers and found a way to make you think harder about your response.
In spite of how busy she is, Edelgard’s love language is quality time. The second she has a break from her duty, she’ll take you away from people and responsibilities, to explore or just to drink in your presence. Her love is adventurous and cheerful, almost as to compensate for the childhood that was stolen from her. While she isn't the type to initiate kisses, she will melt if you kiss her anywhere, especially her cheeks.
On busy days, Edelgard hides away on the roof in order to make for a quick break. If you are near, she’ll send someone to fetch you, so she can have someone to lean on.
You are the only one who will be able to get under her emperor facade. She won’t have to regulate emotions or be mindful of herself. Being able to get her to trust enough that she completely lets go makes you her paradise.
While she isn't necessarily against PDA, she won't initiate because she always has a goal in mind when in front of people. If you initiate, she will become putty and forget her goal which will end up with Hubert being irritated that his plan needs to be saved or modified.
Hubert
I wanna be yours (Arctic Monekys)
On the rare occasion that you can get Hubert to love you, he loves hard, obsessively even. His very being is motivated by love, everything he does. His love language is gift giving with some acts of service. He isn't one for saying I love you, in words, but when he does, he's poetic and careful with how he does it. Almost as if you were to blink, you’d miss it entirely. However, if he were away for war and you were stuck somewhere else, his letters would contain nothing but endearments and poetic love confessions.
He’s not a huge fan of PDA but can look past linking arms or hand holding. Hubert is a decently traditional man, and he wouldn't want to lay with you sexually or not before marriage. But if you catch him in the library with no one around, he wouldn't mind letting you lean on him or wrap yourself in his arms.
Don’t be surprised to find little things you like in places you frequent. Hubert knows how busy both his and your schedules can be and how rarely they synchronize, so he leaves something to help you push through the day whenever he can. Things like a cup of water, a snack, or a damp rag to ensure you’re taking care of yourself. Everything accompanied with a black flower, of course. He especially loves when you acknowledge or thank his acts. He’s one that loves feeling useful and caring for you
Ferdinand
Until I found you (Stephen Sanchez, Em Beihold)
With loving Ferdinand, you receive a romance only spoken of in books. He absolutely spoils you as much as he can with the finest things and shows you off at every chance he can.
His love language is quality time and words of affirmation. He needs to have something with you every day or so to motivate himself. Should you drink tea with him, he’ll ensure the treats and tea are your favorite. Should you both have a free day, he’ll take you to see his territory. You make him feel alive, human even.
Though everything you do makes his cheeks flush red, he’ll absolutely melt when you verbalize your love for him. Compliment his hair, he’ll light up and compliment you in return. Praise him for his work, he’ll puff his chest with pride and smile for the rest of the day. But tell him you love him and watch his cheeks turn red, his noble facade fade, and his tongue still. He needs someone to remind him that he has worth outside his title.
Caspar
Paper Rings (Taylor Swift)
Caspar approaches his love with a passion that rivals how he feels for training. He loves taking you to train with him, no matter if you spar with him, if he carries you while running or if you sit on his back while he does push ups.
He likes giving (strange) gifts to you. Expect him to bring you random things he finds cool or reminds him of you. Screaming, he’ll run across the entire camp to show you a cool rock he found in the mess hall. When he’s forced to separate from you, he’ll make it a point to send the small things with a messenger or save them for you.
Giving him a place by your side means more to him then you realize. To love Caspar is to love him whether he is brimming with determination or anxiety. He’ll only allow you to see his moments of true weakness, when he actually lets his mind race. His future has never been guaranteed, so having you helps anchor his fears for the future.
Linhardt
Bloom (The Paper Kites)
Linhardt is one for soft, subtle love with his love languages being physical touch and acts of service. His love is like the feeling of nuzzling into you after a long day or gentle hands caressing his face. He will follow you around, no matter what you are doing. If he can lean on you, sleep on you, or touch you while you're attending to your business, he will, but if he can’t, he’ll stay a safe distance and patiently wait for you to finish.
Though, for physical touch, it’s not how you would expect. Linhardt would find comfort in smaller, simpler touches: leaning his legs against yours, his pinkie intertwined with yours, your breath brushing against his face softly. If, at some point, you decide to brush his hair, he won't brush his hair again. He’ll waddle up to you with his tired eyes and his brush and ask you to brush his hair for him.
Saying “I love you” for Linhardt are murmurs as he falls asleep or when he knows you're asleep while he’s indulging his curiosity for crests. Though he says it in other ways when you're sick or unwell. He’ll have all your work done and allow you to truly rest to repay what you do for him.
Bernadetta
Kindergarten (Chloe Moriondo)
Bernadetta loves through gifts and quality time. Most gifts she gives will be handmade gifts. She adores cute little matching sets both you and her can wear.
You're the only person she allows in her sanctuary (her room). She trusts you enough to not overthink around you which automatically makes you better than most. Her room is somewhere she can forget about the outside world’s troubles.
With dating Bernadetta, you can expect her to use you as a shield from other people, often talking from behind you. She finds fiddling with your hand or sleeve to be more comforting than her own hands or clothes. Your presence, visibly, makes her perk up. Watch her paranoid eyes soften and her cowering posture straighten when you walk into a room.
Petra
Oasis (Jasmine Thompson)
Petra, for you, will do her research on romantic gestures of Fodlan. She will ask everyone she knows, she searches books and studies them to please you and to assure herself that you feel loved. Though when you do the same for Brigid’s acts of love, she’ll become speechless and get uncharacteristically flustered.
She'll be absolutely ecstatic if you tell her you want to go with her to Brigid. She would begin teaching you the basics of the language and traditions, so you don’t feel completely lost as she did when she came to Fodlan.
Petra adores your hair with her entire being. No matter where you are or when, she absentmindedly combs her fingers through your hair or braids it. She won't realize how much she loves playing with your hair while talking to you about a topic of curiosity. When she does, expect her to invite you away to do just that.
Dorothea
Willow (Jasmine Thompson)
After being in the Opera Company and adored by many for years, Dorothea finds comfort in the little things she has left for herself. Especially in relationships, she keeps a private, not secret boundary.
At random, she will pull you close to fix your clothes, allowing her hands to linger and her fingers to softly graze. Needing something beside you, she allows herself to especially lean on you. If you hand her something, she grabs it rather slowly, allowing her hand to rest on yours momentarily.
After long, draining days, Dorothea will insist on slipping away with you. To her, it matters not what you do or talk about if you speak to begin with. Her depleted attitude will gradually recover as she absorbs your face’s creases and curves.
Her heart and mind both at ease, leaving her attractive facade at the camp. With you, she's Dorothea, not the Mystical Songstress. With you, she cares not for any stray hairs, any imperfections in her skin, and malfunctions in her wardrobe, but instead for the wind that sways around her and you, the accelerated beating of her heart, and your warm, welcoming presence.
Monica
Cloud 9 (beach bunny)
Monica’s love is unlike her admiration for Edelgard, instead it’s more slowed, believe it or not. Her infatuation is spent on Her Majesty, so when it comes to a relationship, Monica needs something that's soft and requited.
Because she rises at unreasonably early hours, Monica tends to you while you're asleep. She leaves you a cup of water and puts everything you’ll need for the day together. Beside it, a note with Monica’s uniquely curly handwriting on it, expressing her love for you.
When she returns, it will likely be after you’ve fallen asleep. Monica will quietly join you under the covers, wrapping her arms around you and pressing a soft kiss to your cheek. The warmth that emits from you comforts her, nothing like the biting cold of the cell she was in.
Jeritza
Valentine (laufey)
Both Death Knight and Jeritza, even if he refuses to admit it, both adore anyone who's stronger than him. The thrill of battle plays with the Death Knight’s heart, and the possibility of death with his head. In contrast, your skills with a weapon remedies his worries and promises him someone to stay by his side.
Despite his elegance with a weapon, he’s terribly clumsy with tasks that require a steady, gentle hand. He wants nothing more than to help you when you are cooking, but the second you assign him a task, it somehow goes wrong. “Measure the flour, would you, Emile?” you tell him; almost immediately there’s a coating of flour on the table and in his hair. “Fill the pot with water, darling,” you hum; the pot suddenly slips through his hand, and the water manages to put out the fire.
He has never been one for words. If it were up to him, he wouldn't utter one more word to anyone except occasionally you or his sister. He would rather feel the warmth of your body against his, your fingers running through his unruly hair, and the soft brush of your lips against his.
After loving him for so long, Jeritza will allow you to use his real name and even prefer it over his alias. The way the syllables fall from your mouth keeps him anchored and tugs his heart strings like no other. It reminds him of his humanity and how dear you are to him.
Hi would you mind doing something like the BL reaction to their s/o getting kidnapped in the war but for the Black Eagles?
reacting to their s/o being kidnapped
fire emblem three houses: black eagles
oh yeah it’s my birthday tomorrow
+ thank you for 550 followers :):)) ily all kith
EDELGARD
immediate fury. her face has contorted into the most angry expression you’ve ever seen
demands that a search party be put out straight away, she wastes no time at all
of course she’s leading it - once they’ve found where you’re being held, she charges through all of the enemy soldiers, leaving no man standing
the second she spots you, you’re already in her arms. plan of attack be damned, she’s not letting you go any time soon
on the way back home, you ride on her horse with her arms around you, while she whispers about how sorry she is and about how she won’t let any harm come your way ever again
HUBERT
bold of them to lay a hand on the s/o of the hubert von vestra
his facial expressions don’t change but you can feel how absolutely seething he is. if you so much as look at him you’re dead
nobody can actually tell how upset he is, unless you’re that close to him - you can see the lines on his forehead and that the light in his eyes has disappeared
charges into the place you’re being held in with ten times more fervour than he’s ever had - everyone’s afraid of how into it he seems
the way he silently cries and apologises whilst he’s holding you tightly is enough to make everyone cry + they never question your relationship again
DOROTHEA
pretends that she’s doing perfectly fine but cries and weeps in front of edelgard that same night
cant cope knowing that you’re missing but she’s determined to get you back one way or another
barks orders at the soldiers sent out to get you, following them from behind & making sure that everything goes as planned
nobody is spared from her wrath. nobody.
cries for hours on end after you’re found, apologising for being an idiot & losing you
FERDINAND
also cries for a very long time until hubert smacks him & tells him to stop being such a baby
cries for a bit longer because of that but eventually realises that he needs to actually do something about it
did not follow the plan to retrieve you at all - ended up running off from the soldiers and trying to get you himself
once he finds you, he wraps you in the tightest embrace he’s ever given you & refuses to let go, silently crying into your shoulder
sits in the infirmary with you until you get better, only leaving whenever he has to
LINHARDT
nobody’s ever seen linhardt have this much emotion on his face… let alone anger
the pure rage in his eyes is enough to make even hubert quiver with fear, thus motivating everyone to hurry up and find you
your location is pinned down within hours because he’s finally decided to use all of his intelligence
doesn’t allow anyone to come near you other than himself, literally pushing down anyone who dares go against that
he was clingy before, but he’s even more clingy now - he doesn’t let you out of his room, tugging you back into bed every time you try to get up
CASPAR
caspar is normally one of the most cheerful members of the black eagles, and seeing him so downtrodden has everyone disturbed
wallows in his sadness for a little bit & then gets some random motivation to get up and save you in the middle of the night
somehow manages to find where you are and charges through all the guards, hurting himself in the process but never hesitating
he scoops you up in his arms, battered and bruised, like a true hero until eventually someone finds you both
be sure to assure him that he is your hero because he’s really embarrassed that he actually did all of that
PETRA
doesn’t even say anything once she gets the news. just charges out to find you with no plan whatsoever
she has to be dragged back in by like three people because she’s very strong willed… and just very strong
there isn’t much need for a whole search party, just a couple of other people to back her up - once petra puts her mind to it, she’ll knock down anyone in her way
runs with you in her arms, not slowing down for one second - even if you’re twice the size of her, she’ll carry you with complete ease
very fiercely glares at anyone who gets too close to you from thag moment onwards
BERNADETTA
she just screams. she has no idea what else she’s supposed to do so she just screams
wallows in her room for about a week until she finds that they’ve found you - then, she decides to get up and make an effort
this entire event gives her so much more confidence & she’s a lot less quiet after she gets to you
makes sure to let you know how worried she was, and about how sorry she is that she let you down
promises to herself and to you that she won’t let this happen again
Vignettes of the private engagements of Marquis Vestra, Duke Aegir, the second son of Count Bergliez, and the heir of Count Hevring.
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1: Hubert, Marquis Vestra — Surmount. | The men of House Vestra were said to be immovable. However, there are still some things that can unnerve Hubert. The "little power" his wife holds over him is still every bit thrilling to him.
2: Ferdinand, Duke Aegir — The Absolute Thing. | Ferdinand says he has nothing left to give you, not after what happened to his family. However, he keeps his promises, not only because he is a man of his word. The smouldering embers of a recently extinguished campfire can still spark a forest fire. He was prepared to set everything ablaze now, all so you could understand.
3: Caspar, Son of House Bergliez — Until the Rain Stops. | Caspar is beholden to no title or creed except for the warrior's. He doesn't believe in the divine right of kings, either, but he believes in Edelgard's will. Regardless of all that, he is still a nobleman's son, but all this talk of marriage just flies over his head. He likes you, though, and he was sure of that.
4: Linhardt, Heir of House Hevring — Reverie. | Linhardt was always in pursuit of answers. Coming to the conclusion that he actually liked you shouldn't have surprised him, but it still did. And you like him back, which surprised him even more. He didn't need research to prove you were a good match, but he was glad his father did his.
Spoilers for the Scarlet Blaze route. Reader is not My Unit.
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Okay since I didn't get an answer I'll assume things
"Just shut up and kiss me already" said by Linhardt's S/O to him
Reader is gender neutral
You like listening to him. His voice is always so nice to listen to and he always shares only the necessary information, which makes everything easier to understand.
Not only that he is always brutally honest. If you need a proper opinion he's probably the best person to ask.
Of course he only talks this much to you, it's not as tiring as talking to others.
He knows that you of all people actually listen to what he has to say and don't talk to just run your mouth.
However sometimes him being so blunt made him wonder if it damaged your relationship.
It's mainly because he didn't date before and it's fairly common for someone in a relationship to try and make their partner swoon- which he never really tried.
He once took Ferdinand's advice (which he knew was a mistake right away) and tried to be a bit more romantic.
It was funny to hear him say something poetic, mainly because he didn't put much effort.
He never had to do that and you never minded him always being blunt so you decided to end his embarrassment "Just shut up and kiss me already"
It didn't take long for him to smile at your request "If you insist".
